William Beardslee, MD
Director, Baer Prevention Initiative; Chairman Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry
George P. Gardner and Olga E. Monks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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William Beardslee, MD
Director, Baer Prevention Initiative; Chairman Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry
George P. Gardner and Olga E. Monks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
Case Western Reserve University
1971
Cleveland
OH
Internship
Moffitt Hospital, University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
MA
Residency
Child Psychiatry
Boston Children's Hospital
1978
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Research
Boston Children's Hospital
1978
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Publications
Cognitive behavioral program for the prevention of depression in at-risk adolescents: isolating the effects of dose. View Abstract
Adaptation of an evidence-based, preventive intervention to promote mental health in Hispanic adolescents: eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health. View Abstract
Time Trends in Adolescent Diagnoses of Major Depressive Disorder and Co-occurring Psychiatric Conditions in Electronic Health Records. View Abstract
Correction: Re-envisioning, Retooling, and Rebuilding Prevention Science Methods to Address Structural and Systemic Racism and Promote Health Equity. View Abstract
Self-understanding, envisioning the future, and prevention: An appreciation and a reflection on the occasion of the 100th anniversary. View Abstract
Multiple Informant Cluster Analysis Findings: Which Military-Connected Preschool Aged Children Are Doing Well and Why? View Abstract
Looking back, moving forward: An introduction to the special issue honoring the 100th anniversary of the global alliance for behavioral health and social justice. View Abstract
A study protocol for the randomized controlled trial SAFIR FAMILY TALK: a selective primary preventive intervention vs. service as usual for children of parents with mental illness. View Abstract
eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health: Protocol for an effectiveness-implementation hybrid Type 1 trial to scale a mental health preventive intervention for Hispanic youth in primary care settings. View Abstract
The Transition to Adulthood in Children of Depressed Parents: Long-Term Follow-Up Data from the Family Talk Preventive Intervention Project. View Abstract
Re-envisioning, Retooling, and Rebuilding Prevention Science Methods to Address Structural and Systemic Racism and Promote Health Equity. View Abstract
Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England. View Abstract
A Trauma-Informed, Family-Centered, Virtual Home Visiting Program for Young Children: One-Year Outcomes. View Abstract
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Depression Treatment for Caregivers Investigated by the US Child Welfare System. View Abstract
Community-Level Prevention of Childhood Maltreatment: Next Steps in a World with COVID-19. View Abstract
Establishing a path to unity: Recommendations for the Biden/Harris administration. View Abstract
24-Month Outcomes of Primary Care Web-Based Depression Prevention Intervention in Adolescents: Randomized Clinical Trial. View Abstract
Effects of an adolescent depression prevention program on maternal criticisms and positive remarks. View Abstract
Risk and protective factors for whoonga use among adolescents in South Africa. View Abstract
Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Resilience-Oriented Family Intervention to Prevent Adolescent HIV and Depression: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. View Abstract
Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Somali Bantu and Bhutanese Refugees: Feasibility and Acceptability Trial. View Abstract
The Association Between Parental Depression and Child Psychosocial Intervention Outcomes: Directions for Future Research. View Abstract
Evaluating construct equivalence of youth depression measures across multiple measures and multiple studies. View Abstract
Resilience and psychosocial outcomes among South African adolescents affected by HIV. View Abstract
Master Clinician Review: Parental Depression and Family Health and Wellness: What Clinicians Can Do and Reflections on Opportunities for the Future. View Abstract
Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Depression Among At-Risk Youths: Postintervention and 2-Year Follow-Up. View Abstract
Effect of Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Humanistic and Interpersonal Training vs. Internet-based General Health Education on Adolescent Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial. View Abstract
Building resilient families: Developing family interventions for preventing adolescent depression and HIV in low resource settings. View Abstract
Engaging Mothers With Depressive Symptoms in Care: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Head Start. View Abstract
Problem-Solving Education to Prevent Depression Among Low-Income Mothers: A Path Mediation Analysis in a Randomized Clinical Trial. View Abstract
Factors associated with mental health services referrals for children investigated by child welfare. View Abstract
Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents: Moderators of Long-term Response. View Abstract
Two-Year Impact of Prevention Programs on Adolescent Depression: an Integrative Data Analysis Approach. View Abstract
ADHD Medication, Dietary Patterns, Physical Activity, and BMI in Children: A Longitudinal Analysis of the ECLS-K Study. View Abstract
Efficacy of a Maternal Depression Prevention Strategy in Head Start: A Randomized Clinical Trial. View Abstract
Family-based promotion of mental health in children affected by HIV: a pilot randomized controlled trial. View Abstract
Cybercycling Effects on Classroom Behavior in Children With Behavioral Health Disorders: An RCT. View Abstract
Community-Level Approaches to Child Maltreatment Prevention. View Abstract
Correction: Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda. View Abstract
Realizing Population-Level Improvements for All Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health: Introduction to the Special Issue. View Abstract
Primary Health Care: Potential Home for Family-Focused Preventive Interventions. View Abstract
Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda. View Abstract
The feasibility and acceptability of a preventive intervention programme for children with depressed parents: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. View Abstract
Developing family interventions for adolescent HIV prevention in South Africa. View Abstract
Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents: Predictors and Moderators of Acute Effects. View Abstract
Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment. View Abstract
Effect of a Cognitive-Behavioral Prevention Program on Depression 6 Years After Implementation Among At-Risk Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial. View Abstract
Evaluation of a Family-Centered Preventive Intervention for Military Families: Parent and Child Longitudinal Outcomes. View Abstract
Increasing Understanding in Children of Depressed Parents: Predictors and Moderators of Intervention Response. View Abstract
Development of a technology-based behavioral vaccine to prevent adolescent depression: A health system integration model. View Abstract
Toward scientific equity for the prevention of depression and depressive symptoms in vulnerable youth. View Abstract
An internet-based adolescent depression preventive intervention: study protocol for a randomized control trial. View Abstract
Preventing internalizing symptoms among Hispanic adolescents: a synthesis across Familias Unidas trials. View Abstract
Effect of the Affordable Care Act's young adult insurance expansions on hospital-based mental health care. View Abstract
HIV and child mental health: a case-control study in Rwanda. View Abstract
Family-based prevention of mental health problems in children affected by HIV and AIDS: an open trial. View Abstract
Use of hospital-based services among young adults with behavioral health diagnoses before and after health insurance expansions. View Abstract
Depression in homeless mothers: addressing an unrecognized public health issue. View Abstract
Improving maternal mental health after a child's diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder: results from a randomized clinical trial. View Abstract
Dissemination of family-centered prevention for military and veteran families: adaptations and adoption within community and military systems of care. View Abstract
Prevention of depression in at-risk adolescents: longer-term effects. View Abstract
Enhancing family resilience through family narrative co-construction. View Abstract
Military and veteran family-centered preventive interventions and care: making meaning of experiences over time. View Abstract
Rapid changes in American family life: consequences for child health and pediatric practice. View Abstract
Preventive interventions for children of parents with depression: international perspectives. View Abstract
Psychological health of military children: longitudinal evaluation of a family-centered prevention program to enhance family resilience. View Abstract
Advancing Science Through Collaborative Data Sharing and Synthesis. View Abstract
Validating the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children in Rwanda. View Abstract
CB7-05: Incremental Cost-effectiveness of Preventing Depression in At-risk Adolescents. View Abstract
The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth: implications for prevention. View Abstract
Major depression can be prevented. View Abstract
Behavioral health services in separate CHIP programs on the eve of parity. View Abstract
Developmental risk of depression: experience matters. View Abstract
Adaptation of problem-solving treatment for prevention of depression among low-income, culturally diverse mothers. View Abstract
Family-centered preventive intervention for military families: implications for implementation science. View Abstract
Evaluation of a family-centered prevention intervention for military children and families facing wartime deployments. View Abstract
Transmission and prevention of mood disorders among children of affectively ill parents: a review. View Abstract
Mechanisms of risk and resilience in military families: theoretical and empirical basis of a family-focused resilience enhancement program. View Abstract
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira): protective processes and resilience in Rwandan children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. View Abstract
Momentary affective states surrounding sexual intercourse in depressed adolescents and young adults. View Abstract
Problem-solving education to prevent depression among low-income mothers of preterm infants: a randomized controlled pilot trial. View Abstract
Using Mixed-Methods Research to Adapt and Evaluate a Family Strengthening Intervention in Rwanda. View Abstract
Potential impact of trauma on the ability to prevent depression among low-income mothers. View Abstract
Understanding locally, culturally, and contextually relevant mental health problems among Rwandan children and adolescents affected by HIV/AIDS. View Abstract
The prevention of adolescent depression. View Abstract
Prevention of mental disorders, substance abuse, and problem behaviors: a developmental perspective. View Abstract
Adolescent Family Factors Promoting Healthy Adult Functioning: A Longitudinal Community Study. View Abstract
Families overcoming under stress: implementing family-centered prevention for military families facing wartime deployments and combat operational stress. View Abstract
Family Connections: an approach for strengthening early care systems in facing depression and adversity. View Abstract
Emerging adulthood and the perception of parental depression. View Abstract
The long war and parental combat deployment: effects on military children and at-home spouses. View Abstract
A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective services. View Abstract
Prevention of depression in at-risk adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. View Abstract
Adaptation of the preventive intervention program for depression for use with predominantly low-income Latino families. View Abstract
The prevention of depression in children and adolescents: a review. View Abstract
Long-term impact of family arguments and physical violence on adult functioning at age 30 years: findings from the simmons longitudinal study. View Abstract
Functional interpretations of sadness, stress and demoralization among an urban population of low-income mothers. View Abstract
Self-regulation and its relations to adaptive functioning in low income youths. View Abstract
Development of a family-based program to reduce risk and promote resilience among families affected by maternal depression: theoretical basis and program description. View Abstract
Family-based reatment for child traumatic stress: A review and report on current innovations. In Press View Abstract
Children of parents with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. In Press View Abstract
Deveopment of a family-based program to reduce risk and promote resilience among famililes affected by maternal depression: Theoretical basis and program description View Abstract
Health prevention and promotion. In press View Abstract
Long-term effects from a randomized trial of two public health preventive interventions for parental depression View Abstract
Mental health of the young. In press View Abstract
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and subsyndromal depression. View Abstract
Change in prevalence of psychiatric disorders from ages 21 to 30 in a community sample. View Abstract
Tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in thirty-nine children under age seven: a retrospective chart review. View Abstract
Adolescent suicidal ideation as predictive of psychopathology, suicidal behavior, and compromised functioning at age 30. View Abstract
Case study: longitudinal treatment of adolescents with depression and inflammatory bowel disease. View Abstract
ACNP Task Force report on SSRIs and suicidal behavior in youth. View Abstract
Depressive disorders in childhood and adolescence View Abstract
Children of mentally ill parents: An opportunity for effective prevention all too often neglected. In Press View Abstract
Affect and sexual behavior in adolescents: a review of the literature and comparison of momentary sampling with diary and retrospective self-report methods of measurement. View Abstract
Depression and bipolar disorder View Abstract
Depression View Abstract
Mental health care should be universal too View Abstract
Adaptation and coping in childhood and adolescence for those at risk for depression in emerging adulthood View Abstract
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease: a pilot study. View Abstract
Depressive symptoms and inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study. View Abstract
Exposure to violence and low-income children's mental health: direct, moderated, and mediated relations. View Abstract
AACAP 2002 research forum: placebo and alternatives to placebo in randomized controlled trials in pediatric psychopharmacology. View Abstract
Testimonial psychotherapy for adolescent refugees: a case series. View Abstract
Outreach supported antidepressant treatment and cognitive behavioural therapy are effective for depression in low income minority women. View Abstract
Guide for parents when times are tough View Abstract
Parenting during depression: A guide for clinicians View Abstract
Prevention of risks for mental health problems: lessons learned in examining the prevention of depression in families View Abstract
When a parent is depressed: How to protect your children from the effects of depression in the family View Abstract
Kids and depression: living beyond sadness View Abstract
A family-based approach to the prevention of depressive symptoms in children at risk: evidence of parental and child change. View Abstract
Characteristics of resilient youths living in poverty: the role of self-regulatory processes. View Abstract
Depression experience journal View Abstract
Looking backward and looking forward: prevention and child psychiatry View Abstract
Preventing depression in children through resiliency promotion: the preventive intervention project View Abstract
Moving out of the darkness: prevention and healing for families facing depression View Abstract
Strengths-based family mental health services: a family systems approach View Abstract
Psychosocial intervention development for the prevention and treatment of depression: promoting innovation and increasing access. View Abstract
Temporal associations between depressive symptoms and self-reported sexually transmitted disease among adolescents. View Abstract
Consultation-liaison psychiatry: a longitudinal and integrated approach. View Abstract
Children's responses to low parental mood. I: Balancing between active empathy, overinvolvement, indifference, and avoidance. View Abstract
Children's responses to low parental mood. II: Associations with family perceptions of parenting styles and child distress. View Abstract
Helping with your child's psychiatric hospitalization: a practical guide View Abstract
Take action: promoting positive outcomes View Abstract
Preventive interventions: the need for evidence-based integrative approaches View Abstract
Can a depressed parent be a good parent? You bet!! [Brochure] View Abstract
Adolescent protective factors promoting resilience in young adults at risk for depression View Abstract
Treatment, intervention and prevention with children of depressed parents: a developmental perspective View Abstract
A randomized trial of a group cognitive intervention for preventing depression in adolescent offspring of depressed parents. View Abstract
Childhood abuse and lifetime psychopathology in a community sample. View Abstract
Corticotropin releasing hormone increases apparent potency of adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation of cortisol secretion. View Abstract
A developmental and psychobiologic framework for understanding the role of culture in child and adolescent psychiatry. View Abstract
Associations of depression, self-esteem, and substance use with sexual risk among adolescents. View Abstract
Adaptation of preventive interventions for a low-income, culturally diverse community. View Abstract
Prevention of childhood depression: recent findings and future prospects. View Abstract
A development and psychobiological framework for understanding the role of culture in child and adolescent psychiatry View Abstract
We need a new system for child mental health care View Abstract
Blueprint for change: Research on child and adolescent mental health View Abstract
Increased orbitofrontal cortex levels of choline in depressed adolescents as detected by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. View Abstract
Implementation of an electronic medical record system in a pediatric psychopharmacology program. View Abstract
A child's experience of parental depression: encouraging relational resilience in families with affective illness. View Abstract
Risk reduction in children from families with parental depression: A videotape psychoeducation program View Abstract
Psychotherapy with children View Abstract
Prevention of mental disorders and the study of developmental psychopathology: a natural alliance View Abstract
The prevention of depression in at-risk adolescents. Current and future directions View Abstract
Using 'off the shelf', computer programs to mine additional insights from published data: diurnal variation in potency of ACTH stimulation of cortisol secretion revealed. View Abstract
Developmental psychiatry: is there any other kind? View Abstract
Report of the Psychotherapy Task Force of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. View Abstract
The development and evaluation of two preventive intervention strategies for children of depressed parents View Abstract
Resilience working group proceedings View Abstract
Suicide in children and adolescents View Abstract
Children of affectively ill parents: a review of the past 10 years. View Abstract
Prevention and the clinical encounter. View Abstract
Depression in the adolescent patient. View Abstract
Generativity and community in mental health: continuity and challenge. View Abstract
From cognitive information to shared meaning: healing principles in prevention intervention. View Abstract
Depression in the adolescent patient View Abstract
Prevalence of child physical and sexual abuse in the community. Results from the Ontario Health Supplement. View Abstract
Sustained change in parents receiving preventive interventions for families with depression. View Abstract
Examination of children's responses to two preventive intervention strategies over time. View Abstract
Examination of preventive interventions for families with depression: evidence of change. View Abstract
Effects of maternal depression on children View Abstract
Adult development View Abstract
Psychosocial resilience and minority group children View Abstract
Children of parents with chronic illness: the effects of parental depression and parental cancer View Abstract
"Speech after long silence": the use of narrative therapy in a preventive intervention for children of parents with affective disorder. View Abstract
Response of families to two preventive intervention strategies: long-term differences in behavior and attitude change. View Abstract
Prediction of adolescent affective disorder: effects of prior parental affective disorders and child psychopathology. View Abstract
[Intervention in the prevention psychiatric disorders in childhood]. View Abstract
Depression: helping families cope View Abstract
Different and the same View Abstract
Depressive disorders and suicidal intent in adolescent suicide attempters. View Abstract
Mental disorders: time to consider prevention View Abstract
Preventive intervention with children of depressed parents View Abstract
Children of parents with affective disorders: empirical findings and clinical implications View Abstract
Psychosocial preventive intervention for families with parental mood disorder: strategies for the clinician. View Abstract
The impact of parental affective disorder on depression in offspring: a longitudinal follow-up in a nonreferred sample. View Abstract
Comparison of preventive interventions for families with parental affective disorder. View Abstract
Preventive intervention with the children of depressed parents. A case study. View Abstract
Initial findings on preventive intervention for families with parental affective disorders. View Abstract
Chronic course of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. View Abstract
The disruptive behavioral disorder in children and adolescents: comorbidity and clinical course. View Abstract
Clinical course and outcome of substance abuse disorders in adolescents. View Abstract
Day care and preschool programs View Abstract
Stress from parental depression: child risk, self-understanding, and a preventive intervention View Abstract
Mental health of the young: an overview View Abstract
An approach to evaluating adolescent ego defense mechanisms using clinical interviews (chapter revised) View Abstract
Depression in children and adolescents: new data on 'undertreatment' and a literature review on the efficacy of available treatments. View Abstract
Guide for talking to children about the war in the Middle East View Abstract
Psychological functioning in children with cyanotic heart defects. View Abstract
Adaptation in adolescence: the influence of time and severe psychiatric disorder. View Abstract
Maternal expressed emotion and parental affective disorder: risk for childhood depressive disorder, substance abuse, or conduct disorder. View Abstract
The development of a clinician-based preventive intervention for families with affective disorders View Abstract
Psychiatric outcome of burned children and adolescents. View Abstract
Children of parents with affective disorder. View Abstract
The role of self-understanding in resilient individuals: the development of a perspective. View Abstract
Development of a preventive intervention for families in which parents have serious affective disorder: clinical issues View Abstract
Course of major depression in non-referred adolescents: a retrospective study. View Abstract
Affective disorder in childhood: separating the familial component of risk from individual characteristics of children. View Abstract
Psychiatric disorder in adolescent offspring of parents with affective disorder in a non-referred sample. View Abstract
Youth and the threat of nuclear war. The psychological task of venturing into unknown territory. View Abstract
Resiliency: research and practical implications for pediatricians. View Abstract
Depression among adolescent mothers: a pilot study. View Abstract
Resilient adolescents whose parents have serious affective and other psychiatric disorders: importance of self-understanding and relationships. View Abstract
Mental health of adolescent mothers: the implications of depression and drug use. View Abstract
Maternal depression: a concern for pediatricians. View Abstract
Correlates and predictors of competence in young children View Abstract
Intellectual competence in children of depressed parents View Abstract
Level of social-cognitive development, adaptive functioning, and DSM-III diagnosis in adolescent offspring of parents with affective disorders: Implications of the development of the capacity for mutuality View Abstract
The impact of the threat of nuclear war on children and adolescents. View Abstract
Evaluating ego defense mechanisms using clinical interviews: an empirical study of adolescent diabetic and psychiatric patients. View Abstract
Exposure to parental alcoholism during childhood and outcome in adulthood: a prospective longitudinal study. View Abstract
Impact of severity and chronicity of parental affective illness on adaptive functioning and psychopathology in children. View Abstract
An approach to evaluating adolescent adaptive processes: Validity of an interview-based measure. View Abstract
Puppet therapy with pediatric bone marrow transplant patients. View Abstract
Perceptions of the threat of nuclear war: Research and professional implications View Abstract
The need for the study of adaptation in the children of parents with affective disorders View Abstract
Children's and adolescents' perceptions of the threat of nuclear war: implications of recent studies View Abstract
An approach to evaluating adolescent ego defense mechanisms using clinical interviews View Abstract
Assessing adolescent interpersonal negotiation strategies: Toward the integration of structural and functional models View Abstract
Youth and children and the nuclear threat View Abstract
An approach to evaluating adolescent adaptive processes: scale development and reliability. View Abstract
But are they cases? Validity of DSM-III major depression in children identified in a family study. View Abstract
Poverty and hunger in America. Testimony before Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, 99th Congress View Abstract
Puppetry as a therapeutic tool for hospitalized children. View Abstract
Children of parents with affective disorder View Abstract
Childhood depression View Abstract
Suicide in the young View Abstract
Prospective prediction of alcoholism and psychopathology. View Abstract
Familial influences in childhood depression. View Abstract
Depression in childhood: recent developments View Abstract
Teaching social and leisure skills to youth with autism (video tape review) View Abstract
Children of parents with major affective disorder: a review. View Abstract
Adolescents and the threat of nuclear war: the evolution of a perspective. View Abstract
Commitment and endurance: common themes in the life histories of civil rights workers who stayed. View Abstract
The threat of nuclear war and the nuclear arms race: Adolescent experience and perceptions View Abstract
Staff groups in a pediatric hospital: content and coping. View Abstract
The effects of infantile malnutrition on behavioral development: a follow-up study. View Abstract
Concurrent validation of a behavior problems scale to use with 3-year-olds. View Abstract
Mental health risk reduction for children View Abstract
The impact on children and adolescents of nuclear developments View Abstract
Self-understanding and coping with cancer View Abstract
Reverend Caldwell: the land View Abstract
The way out must lead in: Life histories in the civil rights movement View Abstract
Notes from a field trip View Abstract
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